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Vivo launches two HD smartphones for China

Vivo has announced new smartphones Vivo X9 and X9Plus for the China market. The X9 features a 5.5-inch full-HD super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1,080 pixels by 1,920 pixels, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage, priced 2,798 yuan ($405). The Vivo X9 Plus is fired up by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 processor with a larger 6GB of RAM inside as well as 64GB of internal storage.

Both Vivo X9 and X9Plus have two selfie cameras, a 20-megapixel Sony IMX376 sensor and an 8-megapixel camera to be used for better depth and focus control. Both devices come with Android 6.0Marshmallow and Vivo's Funtouch OS 3.0 on top of it, and feature a home button/fingerprint scanner below the display.